New York's education board voted Tuesday to delay using Common Core exams as a high school graduation requirement until 2022, a move designed to ease criticism over the implementation of the new education standards.

The vote comes one day after a Board of Regents' committee approved 19 recommended adjustments to the roll-out of the state's rigorous Common Core standards. The recommendations included a plan to reduce field testing and provide more test questions to teachers and parents. The committee also called for the creation of a time limit for how long students may spend on standardized tests.

The board accepted all but one of the recommendations. That request would have allowed teachers who are rated ineffective due to student test performance to use the "faulty" Common Core implementation as a defense. The board will revisit that recommendation at its April meeting.

Megan reports breaking news and covers education.

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